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Electronic Leak Detection in Charing
Electronic leak detection to pinpoint holes in flat roof membranes across Charing, with drones and thermal imaging where they help. Get in touch for a price.
- Leaks through a flat roof with no obvious cause
- Leaking laps in the waterproofing
- Repairs that haven’t stopped the leak
Electronic leak detection in Charing: what you get
ELD is a way of pinpointing breaches in a flat roof’s waterproofing membrane. It uses a small electrical current that passes through the membrane only where there’s a breach. It can find holes too small to spot by eye so your roofer knows exactly where to repair. The results come in a report with photos. We’re often asked to look into punctures from foot traffic or tools and failed seams and laps, across green roofs, roof terraces and balconies and flat roof membranes.
Flat roofs in smaller places like Charing can be more exposed, particularly where nothing shelters them, so wind catches loose edges and trims. Sun on a flat roof also ages felt and bitumen. Splits, blisters and lifting edges are what to look out for, along with water that sits after rain. A flat roof that still holds water days after rain is also worth a closer look.
The report works through the roof section by section, from the main slopes down to the gutters and outlets, with a note and a photo for each point. You will see the good as well as the bad.
- Where
- Charing (TN27)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Prices
- Quoted for your roof
- Reports
- A written report with photos, by email
- When we survey
- Weekdays, Saturdays and Sundays
- Cover
- PI and public liability insurance
- Call
- 07833 053749
- Page updated
- 27 October 2026
Charing: your questions answered
Do you carry out roof surveys in Charing?
Yes, Charing is one of the places we work. Every survey there gets the same written report with photographs, and visits run on weekdays and weekends.
Do you cover smaller places like Charing?
Yes, Charing is on our map. A small place gets exactly the same survey as a big one, with the route planned beforehand.
Do you need to get into the loft?
Typically, if there is one and it can be reached safely. The loft space can show things the outside can’t, such as damp timbers, staining or daylight.
What happens next?
The report comes by email, and you decide the next step: raise it with a seller, send it to an insurer, brief a roofer or share it with a managing agent.
Can you find leaks on a covered flat roof?
It can be possible, depending on the roof. Covered roofs limit the methods we can use, so we check the build-up first.
How long does electronic leak detection take?
Testing typically takes a length of time set by the size of the roof and how it’s built, and we’ll give you a guide when quoting.
Will you repair the leak?
No. We test the membrane and report. You get the breach locations with photos for your roofer to repair.
Do you need electronic leak detection in Charing?
Holes in a membrane often come from feet, tools or debris. Many are tiny but water still finds them.
Common reasons to book include:
- New roofs to check before paving or planting
- Leaks through a flat roof with no obvious cause
- Leaking laps in the waterproofing
- Leaks at pipes, outlets or fixings
For site and facilities teams at buildings such as Charing Church of England Primary School, ponding and blocked outlets on a wide flat roof are worth catching before the next wet season.
What to check before booking
- Which viewpoints they use to see the roof
- Their drone registration, if they fly one
- How long they’ve been surveying roofs
- Will they check the loft as well as the outside?
Landlord and commercial surveys in Charing
Letting agents can arrange access with tenants, at a time agreed in advance. We survey on weekdays, Saturdays and Sundays, which helps when tenants work during the week.
If you own several properties, you can book surveys for several addresses. To arrange surveys for several addresses, ring 07833 053749 or send us an email.
What happens if roof problems are left?
Testing a new membrane before it’s covered is easier than tracing a leak later. Once layers are added, finding a breach is harder. In an older home around Charing, water from a roof defect can get into timber and plaster, which is far harder to put right than the roof fault itself.
What a survey costs comes down to the roof itself: how big it is, how high it is, the number of separate roofs and how safely it can be seen. We quote electronic leak detection for each roof, as the method and time depend on the roof.
What you get with us
- Surveys on weekdays, Saturdays and Sundays
- Covered by professional indemnity and public liability insurance
- Drones and thermal imaging where applicable
- Over 5,000 surveys carried out
Take a look at how roof surveys are priced and two real surveys.
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What we cannot see
In fairness, there are limits to any roof survey:
- Areas we can’t reach or that cannot be tested
- Some conductive membranes
- Fixing the holes we find
If you are not sure which survey you need, ring 07833 053749 or use the contact form and we’ll give you a straight answer before you book. What our survey covers.
Roofs we survey in Charing
- Commercial flat roofs
- Flat roof membranes
- Green roofs
- Roof terraces and balconies
- Single-ply roofs
- Liquid-applied waterproofing
Flat roofs in Charing
Many older homes in Kent have handmade clay tiles, including Kent peg tiles held by pegs through two holes, and tile-hanging on their upper walls. Oast houses and timber-framed Wealden hall houses are part of the county’s older buildings too. Flat roofs fill the gaps in between, on extensions, garages, dormers and business premises. The wider area around Charing has a long history of building, with Godinton House about 3.9 miles south-east. Period homes nearby can have lead valleys, tall chimneys and a patchwork of past repairs, and the council can say whether a home is in a conservation area.
Landlords with a home close to Charing station may find that flat roofs on let property tend to be checked only when they fail, which is the costly way round. If you live in an older home near Church of St Peter and St Paul, later flat-roofed additions are common on older houses, and their edges and upstands frequently show the first signs of wear.
Charing is about 6 miles north-west of Ashford, in Kent. Whether the building in Charing is a house, a flat or a commercial unit, the roof can be surveyed. Across Kent, we cover Charing. You can also see our page for Maidstone.
Electronic leak detection in TN27 are booked the same way as anywhere else. That includes homes and businesses on The High Street, Market Place and Station Road and the roads around them. We also cover the places around Charing: Charing Heath (1 mile west), Cold Harbour (2 miles north-west), Lenham Heath (2 miles west), Stonebridge Green (2 miles west) and Lenham Forstal (3 miles west). We also work in nearby towns such as Maidstone (12 miles west), Ashford (6 miles south-east), Canterbury (13 miles east), Sittingbourne (9 miles north), Whitstable (14 miles north-east) and Faversham (8 miles north-east).
Local landmarks in Charing
Around Charing, our work takes us to homes and buildings near Spuckles and Kennelling Woods and King's Head Public House. There’s a railway station in Charing itself: Charing station. Nearby you will also find Coldbridge Castle (4.3 miles west).
Prices for electronic leak detection in Charing
To price your survey, we look at:
- The type of building, from a house to a block or an office
- Extra roofs, like extensions, dormers or garages
- If the survey needs thermal imaging or a drone
- Height and safe access
Bigger, taller and commercial roofs take more time to survey, so they’re priced to match. The price is confirmed before booking.
What we need to know
Here’s what helps us most when you get in touch:
- Photos of the roof, taken safely from ground level or a window
- Any deadline, such as an exchange date
- The property’s address and postcode
- How the loft is reached, if there is one
A quick phone call is normally the easiest start: phone 07833 053749 or drop us an email, and we’ll ask about the building and what you need. You will have a price before anything is arranged.
What we do, step by step
We work from the outside in: first the slopes, edges and gutters from every safe viewpoint, then the roof space where it can be reached. All told, expect as long as needed for the size of the roof and how it’s built, which we’ll explain when we quote. In a smaller place like Charing, as anywhere, the forecast plays a part: the parts that need calm, dry weather are planned around it.
- First, we confirm which roof areas are included.
- We get the roof ready for testing.
- Testing runs across the agreed area.
- We mark the breach locations in our records.
- You receive the results to pass to your roofer.
Before the survey
- Find any records of previous roof work
- Keep pets out of the way during the survey
- For a flat or shared roof, check access with whoever owns or manages the building
How to book
We survey roofs seven days a week. To find a date that works for you, ring 07833 053749 or use the contact form.